Vincent Van Gogh on painting
“As practice makes perfect, I cannot but make progress; each drawing one makes, each study one paints, is a step forward.”
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I dream my painting and I paint my dream.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh In spite of everything, I shall rise again.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I believe more and more that God must not be judged on this earth. It is one of His sketches that has turned out badly.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I am still far from being what I want to be, but with God’s help I shall succeed.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh No, no thought to the winnings. One loves because one loves.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh If I succeed in putting some warmth and love into the work, then it will find friends.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Purity of soul and impurity of body can go together.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Art is something greater and higher than our own skill or knowledge or learning.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I am always doing what I cannot do yet, in order to learn how to do it.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Normality is a paved road: It’s comfortable to walk, but no flowers grow on it.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh If you hear a voice within you say you cannot paint, then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Love always brings difficulties, that is true, but the good side of it is that it gives energy.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Doing little things well is a step toward doing big things better.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh You have first to experience what you want to express.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh A good picture is equivalent to a good deed.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh I want to get to the point where people say of my work, that man feels deeply.
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Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh All of my knowledge, of both science and religion, I incorporate into the classical tradition of my painting.
Salvador DaliSalvador Dali I hope I shall be able to make some drawings in which there is something human.
Vincent Van GoghVincent Van Gogh Painting completed my life.
Frida KahloFrida Kahlo I like to write about the way things used to be and paint pictures of my memories with beautiful words and melodies.
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